United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 and wrongful death action is affirmed where: 1) the use of deadly force was reasonable; 2) the plaintiff failed to allege any facts in support of her state law wrongful death claim; and 3) nothing about the post-incident interview would suggest to plaintiff that she was not free to leave.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/17/2006
• Decided 05/18/2006
• Published 05/18/2006

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth N. Flaxman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kerry F. Partridge (argued), City of Rockford Law Department, Rockford, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.